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| 8 | <sect1 id="pre-why">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="package-choices.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Rationale for Packages in the Book</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>The goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable
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| 14 | foundation-level system—including all the packages needed to replicate
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| 15 | itself—and providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize
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| 16 | a more complete system based on the user's choices. This does not
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| 17 | mean that LFS is the smallest system possible. Several important packages
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| 18 | are included that are not, strictly speaking, required. The list below documents the
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| 19 | reasons each package in the book has been included.</para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <itemizedlist>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <listitem>
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| 24 | <para>Acl</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>This package contains utilities to administer Access
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| 27 | Control Lists, which are used to define fine-grained
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| 28 | discretionary access rights for files and directories.
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| 29 | </para>
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| 30 | </listitem>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <listitem>
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| 33 | <para>Attr</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>This package contains programs for managing
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| 36 | extended attributes on file system objects.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 | </listitem>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Autoconf</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>This package supplies programs for producing shell scripts that
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| 44 | can automatically configure source code from a developer's
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| 45 | template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after
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| 46 | the build procedure has been updated.</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Automake</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>This package contains programs for generating Make files from
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| 53 | a template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after
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| 54 | the build procedure has been updated.</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Bash</para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <para>This package satisfies an LSB core requirement to provide
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| 61 | a Bourne Shell interface to the system. It was chosen over
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| 62 | other shell packages because of its common usage and extensive
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| 63 | capabilities.</para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Bc</para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>This package provides an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
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| 70 | It satisfies a requirement for building the Linux kernel.</para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>Binutils</para>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para>This package supplies a linker, an assembler, and other
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| 77 | tools for handling object files. The programs in this package are
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| 78 | needed to compile most of the packages in an LFS system.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <listitem>
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| 82 | <para>Bison</para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>This package contains the GNU version of yacc (Yet Another
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| 85 | Compiler Compiler) needed to build several of the LFS programs.</para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>Bzip2</para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
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| 92 | files. It is required to decompress many LFS packages.</para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <listitem>
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| 96 | <para>Check</para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>This package provides a test harness for other programs.</para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>Coreutils</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <para>This package contains a number of essential programs for viewing
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| 105 | and manipulating files and directories. These programs are needed for
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| 106 | command line file management, and are necessary for the installation
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| 107 | procedures of every package in LFS.</para>
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| 108 | </listitem>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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| 111 | <para>D-Bus</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>This package contains programs to implement a message bus system,
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| 114 | a simple way for applications to talk to one another.
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 | </listitem>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <listitem>
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| 119 | <para>DejaGNU</para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para>This package supplies a framework for testing other programs.</para>
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| 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>Diffutils</para>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <para>This package contains programs that show the differences
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| 128 | between files or directories. These programs can be used to create
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| 129 | patches, and are also used in many packages' build procedures.</para>
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| 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <listitem>
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| 133 | <para>E2fsprogs</para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para>This package supplies utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
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| 136 | and ext4 file systems. These are the most common and thoroughly
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| 137 | tested file systems that Linux supports.</para>
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| 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <listitem revision="sysv">
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| 141 | <para>Udev</para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para>This package is a device manager. It dynamically controls the ownership,
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| 144 | permissions, names, and symbolic links of device nodes in the /dev directory when
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| 145 | devices are added to or removed from the system.
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <listitem>
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| 150 | <para>Expat</para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para>This package yields a relatively small XML parsing library. It
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| 153 | is required by the XML::Parser Perl module.</para>
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| 154 | </listitem>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <listitem>
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| 157 | <para>Expect</para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para>This package contains a program for carrying out scripted
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| 160 | dialogues with other interactive programs. It is commonly used
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| 161 | for testing other packages.</para>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <listitem>
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| 165 | <para>File</para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>This package contains a utility for determining the type of a
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| 168 | given file or files. A few packages need it in their build scripts.</para>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>Findutils</para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para>This package provides programs to find files in a file system.
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| 175 | It is used in many packages' build scripts.</para>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <listitem>
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| 179 | <para>Flex</para>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>This package contains a utility for generating programs that
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| 182 | recognize patterns in text. It is the GNU version of the lex
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| 183 | (lexical analyzer) program. It is required to build several
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| 184 | LFS packages.</para>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>Gawk</para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <para>This package supplies programs for manipulating text files.
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| 191 | It is the GNU version of awk (Aho-Weinberg-Kernighan). It is used in
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| 192 | many other packages' build scripts.</para>
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| 193 | </listitem>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>GCC</para>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <para>This is the Gnu Compiler Collection. It contains the
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| 199 | C and C++ compilers as well as several others not built by LFS.
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| 200 | </para>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <listitem>
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| 204 | <para>GDBM</para>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It
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| 207 | is used by one other LFS package, Man-DB.</para>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>Gettext</para>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <para>This package provides utilities and libraries for
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| 214 | the internationalization and localization of many packages.</para>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <listitem>
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| 218 | <para>Glibc</para>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <para>This package contains the main C library. Linux programs will
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| 221 | not run without it.</para>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>GMP</para>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <para>This package supplies math libraries that provide useful functions
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| 228 | for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is needed to build GCC.</para>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <listitem>
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| 232 | <para>Gperf</para>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <para>This package produces a program that generates a perfect hash
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| 235 | function from a set of keys. It is required by
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| 236 | <phrase revision='sysv'>Udev</phrase>
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| 237 | <phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd</phrase>.</para>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>Grep</para>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <para>This package contains programs for searching through files. These
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| 244 | programs are used by most packages' build scripts.</para>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>Groff</para>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <para>This package contributes programs for processing and formatting text.
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| 251 | One important function of these programs is to format man pages.</para>
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| 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <listitem>
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| 255 | <para>GRUB</para>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <para>This is the Grand Unified Boot Loader. It is
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| 258 | the most flexible of several boot loaders available.
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| 259 | </para>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>Gzip</para>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and
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| 266 | decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many packages
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| 267 | in LFS.</para>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | <listitem>
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| 271 | <para>Iana-etc</para>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <para>This package provides data for network services and protocols.
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| 274 | It is needed to enable proper networking capabilities.</para>
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| 275 | </listitem>
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| 276 |
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| 277 | <listitem>
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| 278 | <para>Inetutils</para>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <para>This package supplies programs for basic network
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| 281 | administration.</para>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <listitem>
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| 285 | <para>Intltool</para>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <para>This package contributes tools for extracting translatable
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| 288 | strings from source files.</para>
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| 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <listitem>
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| 292 | <para>IProute2</para>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <para>This package contains programs for basic and advanced IPv4 and
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| 295 | IPv6 networking. It was chosen over the other common network
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| 296 | tools package (net-tools) for its IPv6 capabilities. </para>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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| 300 | <para>Jinja2</para>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <para>This package is a Python module for text templating.
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| 303 | It's required to build Systemd.</para>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>Kbd</para>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <para>This package produces key-table files, keyboard utilities
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| 310 | for non-US keyboards, and a number of console fonts.</para>
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| 311 | </listitem>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <listitem>
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| 314 | <para>Kmod</para>
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| 315 |
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| 316 | <para>This package supplies programs needed to administer Linux
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| 317 | kernel modules.</para>
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| 318 | </listitem>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <listitem>
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| 321 | <para>Less</para>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <para>This package contains a very nice text file viewer that
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| 324 | allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file.
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| 325 | Many packages use it for paging the output.</para>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <listitem>
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| 329 | <para>Libcap</para>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <para>This package implements the userspace interfaces to
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| 332 | the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels.
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| 333 | </para>
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| 334 | </listitem>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <listitem>
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| 337 | <para>Libelf</para>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <para>The elfutils project provides libraries and tools for ELF files
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| 340 | and DWARF data. Most utilities in this package are available in
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| 341 | other packages, but the library is needed to build the Linux
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| 342 | kernel using the default (and most efficient) configuration.</para>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | </listitem>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <listitem>
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| 347 | <para>Libffi</para>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <para>This package implements a portable, high level programming
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| 350 | interface to various calling conventions. Some programs may not know
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| 351 | at the time of compilation what arguments are to be passed to a
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| 352 | function. For instance, an interpreter may be told at run-time about
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| 353 | the number and types of arguments used to call a given function. Libffi
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| 354 | can be used in such programs to provide a bridge from the interpreter
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| 355 | program to compiled code.</para>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | <listitem>
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| 360 | <para>Libpipeline</para>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <para>The Libpipeline package supplies a library for manipulating
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| 363 | pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is
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| 364 | required by the Man-DB package.</para>
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| 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <listitem>
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| 368 | <para>Libtool</para>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <para>This package contains the GNU generic library support
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| 371 | script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries into a
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| 372 | consistent, portable interface. It is needed by the test
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| 373 | suites in other LFS packages.</para>
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| 374 | </listitem>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <listitem>
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| 377 | <para>Libxcrypt</para>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <para>This package provides the
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| 380 | <systemitem class='library'>libcrypt</systemitem> library
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| 381 | needed by various packages (notably, Shadow) for hashing passwords.
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| 382 | It replaces the obsolete
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| 383 | <systemitem class='library'>libcrypt</systemitem> implmentation in
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| 384 | Glibc.</para>
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| 385 | </listitem>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <listitem>
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| 388 | <para>Linux Kernel</para>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <para>This package is the Operating System. It is the Linux in
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| 391 | the GNU/Linux environment.</para>
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| 392 | </listitem>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <listitem>
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| 395 | <para>M4</para>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | <para>This package provides a general text macro processor useful
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| 398 | as a build tool for other programs.</para>
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| 399 | </listitem>
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| 400 |
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| 401 | <listitem>
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| 402 | <para>Make</para>
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| 403 |
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| 404 | <para>This package contains a program for directing the building
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| 405 | of packages. It is required by almost every package in LFS.</para>
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| 406 | </listitem>
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| 407 |
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| 408 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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| 409 | <para>MarkupSafe</para>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <para>This package is a Python module for processing strings in
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| 412 | HTML/XHTML/XML safely. Jinja2 requires this package.</para>
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| 413 | </listitem>
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| 414 |
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| 415 | <listitem>
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| 416 | <para>Man-DB</para>
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| 417 |
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| 418 | <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages.
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| 419 | It was chosen instead of the <application>man</application> package
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| 420 | because of its superior internationalization capabilities. It supplies
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| 421 | the man program.</para>
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| 422 | </listitem>
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| 423 |
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| 424 | <listitem>
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| 425 | <para>Man-pages</para>
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| 426 |
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| 427 | <para>This package provides the actual contents of the basic
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| 428 | Linux man pages.</para>
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| 429 | </listitem>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | <listitem>
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| 432 | <para>Meson</para>
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| 433 |
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| 434 | <para>This package provides a software tool for automating the building
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| 435 | of software. The main goal of Meson is to minimize the amount of time
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| 436 | that software developers need to spend configuring a build
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| 437 | system. It's required to build Systemd, as well as many BLFS
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| 438 | packages.</para>
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| 439 |
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| 440 | </listitem>
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| 441 |
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| 442 | <listitem>
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| 443 | <para>MPC</para>
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| 444 |
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| 445 | <para>This package supplies arithmetic functions for complex
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| 446 | numbers. It is required by GCC.</para>
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| 447 | </listitem>
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| 448 |
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| 449 | <listitem>
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| 450 | <para>MPFR</para>
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| 451 |
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| 452 | <para>This package contains functions for multiple precision
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| 453 | arithmetic. It is required by GCC.</para>
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| 454 | </listitem>
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| 455 |
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| 456 | <listitem>
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| 457 | <para>Ninja</para>
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| 458 |
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| 459 | <para>This package furnishes a small build system with a focus on speed.
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| 460 | It is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build
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| 461 | system, and to run builds as fast as possible.
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| 462 | This package is required by Meson.</para>
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| 463 |
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| 464 | </listitem>
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| 465 |
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| 466 | <listitem>
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| 467 | <para>Ncurses</para>
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| 468 |
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| 469 | <para>This package contains libraries for terminal-independent
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| 470 | handling of character screens. It is often used to provide
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| 471 | cursor control for a menuing system. It is needed by a number of
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| 472 | the packages in LFS.</para>
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| 473 | </listitem>
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| 474 |
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| 475 | <listitem>
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| 476 | <para>Openssl</para>
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| 477 |
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| 478 | <para>This package provides management tools and libraries relating to
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| 479 | cryptography. These supply cryptographic functions to
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| 480 | other packages, including the Linux kernel.</para>
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| 481 | </listitem>
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| 482 |
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| 483 | <listitem>
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| 484 | <para>Patch</para>
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| 485 |
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| 486 | <para>This package contains a program for modifying or creating files by
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| 487 | applying a <emphasis>patch</emphasis> file typically created
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| 488 | by the <application>diff</application> program. It is needed by
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| 489 | the build procedure for several LFS packages.</para>
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| 490 | </listitem>
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| 491 |
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| 492 | <listitem>
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| 493 | <para>Perl</para>
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| 494 |
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| 495 | <para>This package is an interpreter for the runtime language
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| 496 | PERL. It is needed for the installation and test suites of several LFS
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| 497 | packages.</para>
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| 498 | </listitem>
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| 499 |
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| 500 | <listitem>
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| 501 | <para>Pkgconf</para>
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| 502 |
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| 503 | <para>This package contains a program which helps to configure
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| 504 | compiler and linker flags for development libraries. The program
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| 505 | can be used as a drop-in replacement of
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| 506 | <command>pkg-config</command>, which is needed by the building
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| 507 | system of many packages. It's maintained more actively and slightly
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| 508 | faster than the original Pkg-config package.</para>
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| 509 | </listitem>
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| 510 |
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| 511 | <listitem>
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| 512 | <para>Procps-NG</para>
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| 513 |
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| 514 | <para>This package contains programs for monitoring processes. These
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| 515 | programs are useful for system administration, and are also used by
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| 516 | the LFS Bootscripts.</para>
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| 517 | </listitem>
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| 518 |
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| 519 | <listitem>
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| 520 | <para>Psmisc</para>
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| 521 |
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| 522 | <para>This package produces programs for displaying information
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| 523 | about running processes. These programs are useful for system
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| 524 | administration.</para>
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| 525 | </listitem>
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| 526 |
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| 527 | <listitem>
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| 528 | <para>Python 3</para>
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| 529 |
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| 530 | <para>This package provides an interpreted language that has a design
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| 531 | philosophy emphasizing code readability.</para>
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| 532 |
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| 533 | </listitem>
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| 534 |
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| 535 | <listitem>
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| 536 | <para>Readline</para>
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| 537 |
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| 538 | <para>This package is a set of libraries that offer command-line
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| 539 | editing and history capabilities. It is used by Bash.</para>
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| 540 | </listitem>
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| 541 |
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| 542 | <listitem>
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| 543 | <para>Sed</para>
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| 544 |
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| 545 | <para>This package allows editing of text without opening it in a
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| 546 | text editor. It is also needed by many LFS packages' configure
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| 547 | scripts.</para>
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| 548 | </listitem>
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| 549 |
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| 550 | <listitem>
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| 551 | <para>Shadow</para>
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| 552 |
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| 553 | <para>This package contains programs for handling passwords
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| 554 | securely.</para>
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| 555 | </listitem>
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| 556 |
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| 557 | <listitem revision="sysv">
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| 558 | <para>Sysklogd</para>
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| 559 |
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| 560 | <para>This package supplies programs for logging system messages,
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| 561 | such as those emitted by the kernel or daemon processes when unusual
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| 562 | events occur.</para>
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| 563 | </listitem>
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| 564 |
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| 565 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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| 566 | <para>Systemd</para>
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| 567 |
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| 568 | <para>This package provides an <application>init</application> program
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| 569 | and several additional boot and system control capabilities as an
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| 570 | alternative to Sysvinit. It is used by many Linux distributions.
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| 571 | </para>
|
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| 572 | </listitem>
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| 573 |
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| 574 | <listitem revision="sysv">
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| 575 | <para>Sysvinit</para>
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| 576 |
|
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| 577 | <para>This package provides the <application>init</application>
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| 578 | program, the parent of all the other processes on a running Linux
|
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| 579 | system. </para>
|
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| 580 | </listitem>
|
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| 581 |
|
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| 582 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 583 | <para>Tar</para>
|
|---|
| 584 |
|
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| 585 | <para>This package provides archiving and extraction capabilities
|
|---|
| 586 | of virtually all the packages used in LFS.</para>
|
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| 587 | </listitem>
|
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| 588 |
|
|---|
| 589 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 590 | <para>Tcl</para>
|
|---|
| 591 |
|
|---|
| 592 | <para>This package contains the Tool Command Language used
|
|---|
| 593 | in many test suites.</para>
|
|---|
| 594 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 595 |
|
|---|
| 596 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 597 | <para>Texinfo</para>
|
|---|
| 598 |
|
|---|
| 599 | <para>This package supplies programs for reading, writing, and
|
|---|
| 600 | converting info pages. It is used in the installation
|
|---|
| 601 | procedures of many LFS packages.</para>
|
|---|
| 602 | </listitem>
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|---|
| 603 |
|
|---|
| 604 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 605 | <para>Util-linux</para>
|
|---|
| 606 |
|
|---|
| 607 | <para>This package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
|
|---|
| 608 | Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles,
|
|---|
| 609 | partitions, and messages.</para>
|
|---|
| 610 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 611 |
|
|---|
| 612 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 613 | <para>Vim</para>
|
|---|
| 614 |
|
|---|
| 615 | <para>This package provides an editor. It was chosen because of its
|
|---|
| 616 | compatibility with the classic vi editor and its huge number of powerful
|
|---|
| 617 | capabilities. An editor is a very personal choice for
|
|---|
| 618 | many users. Any other editor can be substituted, if you wish.</para>
|
|---|
| 619 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 620 |
|
|---|
| 621 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 622 | <para>Wheel</para>
|
|---|
| 623 |
|
|---|
| 624 | <para>This package supplies a Python module that is the
|
|---|
| 625 | reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard.
|
|---|
| 626 | </para>
|
|---|
| 627 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 628 |
|
|---|
| 629 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 630 | <para>XML::Parser</para>
|
|---|
| 631 |
|
|---|
| 632 | <para>This package is a Perl module that interfaces with Expat.</para>
|
|---|
| 633 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 634 |
|
|---|
| 635 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 636 | <para>XZ Utils</para>
|
|---|
| 637 |
|
|---|
| 638 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
|
|---|
| 639 | files. It provides the highest compression generally available
|
|---|
| 640 | and is useful for decompressing packages in XZ or LZMA format.</para>
|
|---|
| 641 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 642 |
|
|---|
| 643 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 644 | <para>Zlib</para>
|
|---|
| 645 |
|
|---|
| 646 | <para>This package contains compression and decompression routines
|
|---|
| 647 | used by some programs.</para>
|
|---|
| 648 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 649 |
|
|---|
| 650 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 651 | <para>Zstd</para>
|
|---|
| 652 |
|
|---|
| 653 | <para>This package supplies compression and decompression routines
|
|---|
| 654 | used by some programs. It provides high compression ratios and a very
|
|---|
| 655 | wide range of compression / speed trade-offs.</para>
|
|---|
| 656 | </listitem>
|
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| 657 |
|
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| 658 | </itemizedlist>
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| 659 |
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| 660 | </sect1>
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| 661 |
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